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Bones of Contention : Controversies in the Search for Human Origins by Roger Lewin (1997, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-100226476510
ISBN-139780226476513
eBay Product ID (ePID)361668

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Number of Pages366 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBones of Contention : Controversies in the Search for Human Origins
Publication Year1997
SubjectLife Sciences / Evolution, Anthropology / Physical, Anthropology / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorRoger Lewin
Subject AreaSocial Science, Science
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight19.3 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in

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Edition Number2
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN97-000972
Dewey Edition19
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal573.2
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments 1. Bones of Contention 2. The Storytellers 3. The Taung Child: Rejection 4. The Taung Child: Acceptance 5. Rama's Ape: Resurrected 6. Rama's Ape: Destroyed 7. The Leakeys: Father 8. The Leakeys: Son 9. The KBS Tuff Controversy: Genesis 10. The KBS Tuff Controversy: Denouement 11. Lucy: The Naming 12. Lucy: The Response 13. Man's Place in Nature Afterword Notes Index
SynopsisBones of Contention is a behind-the-scenes look at the search for human origins. Analyzing how the biases and preconceptions of paleoanthropologists shaped their work, Roger Lewin's detective stories about the discovery of Neanderthal Man, the Taung Child, Lucy, and other major fossils provide insight into this most subjective of scientific endeavors. The new afterword looks at ways in which paleoanthropology, while becoming more scientific in many ways, remains contentious. "[An] un-put-downable book."--John Gribbon, Times Educational Supplement "Not just another 'stones and bones' account of human evolution. It is Lewin's thesis, amply demonstrated, that paleoanthropology is the most subjective of sciences because it engages the emotions of virtually everyone; and since the evidence is scrappy, interpretation is everything. . . . A splendid, stirring, and eye-opening account, to be devoured."-- Kirkus Reviews, starred review "[Lewin shows] 'how very unscientific the process of scientific inquiry can be.'. . . Bones of Contention is . . . serious intellectual history."--Edward Dolnick, Wall Street Journal "[Lewin] documents his thesis in persuasive detail. . . . The reader is carried along by the power of Mr. Lewin's reporting."--Robert Wright, New York Times Book Review, Bones of Contention is a behind-the-scenes look at the search for human origins. Analyzing how the biases and preconceptions of paleoanthropologists shaped their work, Roger Lewin's detective stories about the discovery of Neanderthal Man, the Taung Child, Lucy, and other major fossils provide insight into this most subjective of scientific endeavors. The new afterword looks at ways in which paleoanthropology, while becoming more scientific in many ways, remains contentious. " An] un-put-downable book."-John Gribbon, Times Educational Supplement "Not just another 'stones and bones' account of human evolution. It is Lewin's thesis, amply demonstrated, that paleoanthropology is the most subjective of sciences because it engages the emotions of virtually everyone; and since the evidence is scrappy, interpretation is everything. . . . A splendid, stirring, and eye-opening account, to be devoured."- Kirkus Reviews, starred review " Lewin shows] 'how very unscientific the process of scientific inquiry can be.'. . . Bones of Contention is . . . serious intellectual history."-Edward Dolnick, Wall Street Journal " Lewin] documents his thesis in persuasive detail. . . . The reader is carried along by the power of Mr. Lewin's reporting."-Robert Wright, New York Times Book Review
LC Classification NumberGN281.L487 1997

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